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Further Assessment of Emerging CO₂ Capture Technologies for the Power Sector and their Potential to Reduce Costs

1 September 2019
Capture
Costs of CCUS

CSIRO was commissioned by IEAGHG to provide a comprehensive assessment of emerging CO2 capture technologies for the power sector and their potential to reduce costs. The objectives of this technical study were: to update the CO2 capture benchmark technology and its enhancement over the 30w.t.% MEA-based chemical absorption to review the CO2 capture technologies, their current status and trajectory to assess the potential of emerging CO2 capture systems to reduce costs (LCOE) and identify risks and barriers for those on the path to TRL 9 to assess techno-economically a number of selected CO2 capture technologies for coal and gas-fired power plants.

Technical Report

Proceedings: Workshop on Representing Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage in Energy Systems Models

1 August 2019
Event Proceedings

The USDOE’s Office of Fossil Energy convened a workshop on 17-19 October 2018 in College Park, Maryland, USA, to provide a forum to review and exchange the latest understanding of carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) and to improve the modelling approaches and representation of CCUS in energy systems models (ESMs) and Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs). This was the second workshop on this theme, following a previous workshop also hosted by US DOE-FE on 3-4 April 2017 in Washington DC, USA. This second workshop was designed to grow and expand the number of research groups with expertise in up-to-date modelling of advanced fossil technologies and related market impacts, including application of US National Energy Technology Labs (NETL) cost and performance baseline data and CCUS expertise, tax implications of 45Q, EOR market feedback and information on international markets. It also sought to create a community of practice and to link CCUS technical experts with modellers and analysts.

Technical Report

CCS in Energy and Climate Scenarios

1 July 2019
Industry Insights

The purpose of IAMs is to quantify the interactions and trade-offs between societal demands for energy, economic and environmental services, using a systems approach. These systems are typically the energy system, the economy, the earth-land system, the water system and atmospheric climate system, although every IAM does not necessarily include all these systems and have varying

Technical Report

6th CCS Cost Workshop

1 July 2019
Costs of CCUS
Event Proceedings

The sixth meeting of the CCS Cost Network Workshop was held on March 19-20, 2019 at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) headquarters in Palo Alto, California, under the auspices of the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme. The purpose of the workshop is to share and discuss the most current information on the cost of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in electric utility and industrial process applications, as well as the outlook for future CCS costs and deployment. The workshop also seeks to identify other key issues or topics related to CCS costs that merit further discussion and study.

Technical Report

The Shell Quest Carbon Capture and Storage Project

1 June 2019
Capture
Storage

In late August 2015, Shell Canada began sustained, commercial-scale operation of the first-ever CO₂ capture facility at an oil sands bitumen or heavy oil upgrader in the world, as well as transportation and storage of the carbon dioxide to a nearby geological storage site. This remarkable facility is situated near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This report explores the journey of the Shell Quest Carbon Capture and Storage Project team and its partners, and will provide valuable insights to other heavy oil upgraders and oil refineries globally that seek to reduce their lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions through deployment of CCS technologies and infrastructure.

Technical Report

Review of Fuel Cell Technologies with CO₂ Capture for the Power Sector

1 April 2019
Capture

DOOSAN U.K. was commissioned by IEAGHG to provide a comprehensive techno-economic review on MCFCs and SOFCs for the power sector. The objectives of this technical study were: Deliver a literature review on MCFCs and SOFCs, identifying available configurations, status of development, applications and gaps to reach economically viable solutions Supported by data from the literature, provide a techno-economic evaluation on selected cases and compare to a number of reference cases with and without a benchmark CO₂ capture system (chemical absorption with Cansolv technology) Identify key parameters and areas impacting the price of implementing those technologies in the power sector as CO₂ abatement systems Describe barriers and challenges to be addressed for SOFCs and MCFCs to achieve commercial application

Technical Report

Towards Zero Emissions CCS from Power Stations using Higher Capture Rates or Biomass

1 March 2019
Capture

To-date, capture technology developers have largely focused on designing plant for CO₂ capture rates of 85% to 90%, leaving 10-15% of the emissions uncaptured, which are usually referred to as residual emissions. In a “well below 2°C” scenario, it is projected that net zero carbon emissions would be required by early in the second half of this century. A review of the literature indicated that there were no technical barriers to increasing capture rates in the three classic CO₂ capture routes (post-, pre- and oxyfuel combustion) and with the broad suite of CO₂-capture technologies currently available or under development. A techno-economic analysis of a standard PCC process applied to both coal- and gas-fired power plants revealed that, with dedicated process design, the additional costs of achieving essentially zero CO₂ emissions were quite modest in comparison with the costs of achieving 90% CO₂ capture. For coal-fired power stations, the analysis found that using biomass co-combustion (10% biomass) combined with a standard PCC process (90% CO₂ capture) was the lowest cost option.

Technical Report

Sustainability in Petrochemicals

1 February 2019
Capture
Industry Insights

This report investigates a unique combination of these industry drivers on the historic, current and future status of the petrochemical industry to gain insight into the sustainability of petrochemicals. Three categories of petrochemicals are subject to analysis, namely methanol, olefins and ammonia/urea. For each of these petrochemicals, the following series of studies are formed and analysed in aggregate to gain insight in to the sustainability prospects of the industry: An assessment of the historic and current status of market trade, including trends in end-uses, feedstocks, demand, production and international trade. Demand projections for each chemical are made based on collected data. Process engineering characterisation of the current and low carbon alternative routes and feedstocks to produce the key petrochemical productions. Environmental life cycle assessment of the various feedstocks and production methods for each petrochemical and a contribution analysis of the key environmental impacts. Market projection of petrochemical production and technology mixes for a key region China, for the time period 2010 – 2050. A series of expert stakeholder interviews on views of how the petrochemical industry may progress in terms of demand, costs, environmental impacts and policy drivers.

Technical Report

The CCS Project at Air Products’ Port Arthur Hydrogen Production Facility

1 December 2018
Industry Insights

In April 2013, the first commercial-scale, steam methane reformer hydrogen production facility incorporating vacuum-swing adsorption carbon capture gas separation technology began full-scale operation at Air Products’ facilities located on the site of the Valero Port Arthur Refinery in Texas, USA. This report summarizes the experience of Air Products and its partners that will provide valuable insights to other petroleum refining and petrochemical industrial facilities that wish to reduce their lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions through CCUS.

Technical Report

Flaring Emissions Quantification and Mitigation

1 December 2018
Capture

This review aims to assess the current understanding on reducing emissions from flaring in the oil and gas industry and to review literature on both the quantification of emissions and current mitigation strategies. IEAGHG published a technical review 2017-TR7 (Oct 2017) which studied emissions along the natural gas supply chain but flaring emissions were not included. This review aims to follow on from 2017-TR7 as a supplementary review on flaring emissions.

Technical Report

IEAGHG Modelling and Risk Management Combined Network

1 November 2018
Event Proceedings
Storage

IEAGHG’s combined Modelling and Risk Management Network, hosted by the EERC, took place in Grand Forks, North Dakota between 18th and 22nd June 2018. These meetings bring together leading experts from research and industry to discuss the latest work and developments, with over 30 speakers and 71 attendees representing 8 countries. The theme for the meeting was ‘How advances in modelling and risk management improve pressure management, capacity estimation, leakage detection and the prediction of induced seismicity’. Sessions included project updates, the application of oil and gas production experience, modelling capacity, unconventional reservoir risk assessments and active pressure management. The third day focused on conformance and regulation with a keynote presentation by Lynn Helms from the North Dakota Industrial Commission on Class VI well regulations.

Technical Report

Well Engineering and Injection Regularity in CO₂ Storage Wells

1 November 2018
Storage

This project focuses on collecting industry experience on the drilling, completion, regularity and interventions of CO₂ wells. The aim for the report was to compare methodologies and techniques used for handling CO₂ compared with those required for hydrocarbon extraction. This has allowed for a comparison to be made to the research already conducted on CO₂ well integrity and monitoring techniques. The study will investigate whether conditions experienced during CO₂ handling operations were predicted from modelling and experimental work and the effectiveness of linked risk assessments.

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